Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23637, John Foster, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn-
Foster, John
S 23637
CONTENTS

Pennsylvania
John Foster
of Huntington Co, in the State of Penn a who was a Private in the Company comman- by Captain Scott - of the Reg t comman- by Col Ball - in the Penn a Line Infantry Troops -
  12 Mo Private - 40.00   2 " Sergeant - 10   $ 50.00 
Inscribed on the Roll of - Pennsylvania at the rate of 50 Dollars - Cents per annu- to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of May 1833 and sent to - John Foster, Huntington Co, Pa
  Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 100.00   Commenc. allowance ending 4 Sept - 25   $ 125.00 
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. P. Sprague Clerk Book C Vol. 5 Page 19
Rev. Edward McPherson, April 11, 1860.

State of Pennsylvania } } County of Huntingdon }
On this fifteenth day of February A D 1833 personally appeared before Joseph Adams one of the associate judges of the Court of common pleas in and for said County John Foster a resident of Franklin Township in the County of Huntingdon and State of Pennsylvania aged seventy six years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
In the month of August 1776 he resided in Lancaster County Dauphin Township State Penn a and was drafted in the Militia a light infantry Company commanded by Captain Abraham Scott that he marched from Lancaster about the first of August 1776 to Long Island in the State of New York and was engaged in the Battle of Long Island when we was driven through a swamp and lost many of our men from thence we marched to New York and from thence we Marched to Bergantown near New York and was then discharged having served three Months and thinks General Irvine commanded him at Long Island —
That the following year 1777 to the best of his recollection he was residing at the Round Top near Middletown Lancaster County Penn a and was drafted in the Militia and Marched under Captain McKee and Lieut. Benjamin Mills to Lancaster Penn a Take Charge of the prisoners that were lodged in jail at that place about 45 in number and Marched them to Staunton Virginia and served two Months in this Town and has the appointment of Orderly Sergeant, and was discharged at Staunton —
That in the fall of 1777 or 1778 he was residing in Armagh Township Mifflin County and Marched as a substitute for Samuel Milliken in a Company of Militia commanded by Captain Marshall and Marched to Chestnut Hill in Bucks County Penn a and there had an engagement with the British Captain Maxwell was killed and General Irvine was also killed in this Battle and the applicant was wounded in the left thigh by a musket Ball. Colonel Bull

Took the Command After General Irvine fell Gen. Potter was there Also remained there and at White Marsh until he was discharged After serving two Months Lower-
That in the Summer of 1778 or 1779 he Marched from Armagh Township Mifflin County under Captain James Adams as a substitute for William Thompson to Watson Fort in Pennvalley Centre County Penn a and from thence was taken on three different scouts to the West branch of the Susquehanna River in pursuit of the Indians and after serving two Months lower was discharged - a short time After he Marched as a substitute for Henry McWilliams in a Company of Militia commanded by Lieutenant Mills to the McWilliams Lead Mine Fort on the Juniatta River after the Indians and served two Months and was discharged
That (he thinks) in 1779 he was drafted for three months and Marched under Captain Caldwell and Lieut. Benjamin Mills to Frelands Fort where there the next day after the Indians had taken the fort and Massacred the whites and assisted to bury the dead - remained there about four weeks and then Marched to Bosleys Fort on the North Branch of the Susquehanna River and was continually engaged in scouts after the Indians and was discharged after serving three Months lower the Applicant resided in Mifflin County he was frequently engaged in scouts in pursuit and as spy after the Indians which service was very severe and fatiguing. that he has no documentary evi- ence of his service and that he knows of no person now living who can testify to his service He hereby relinquishes every claim what- ever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
John St. L.
Before Jos Adams

1 st When and in what year were you born
Answer I was born in Lancaster County Penn a in the year seventeen hundred & fifty six —
2 nd Have you any record of your age and if so where is it
Answer I have no record of my age - but have saw it in a family Bible which my step Father took to Virginia a great many years ago —
3 rd Where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live
Answer I lived in Dauphin Township Lancaster County Pa. when first called into service I lived near the Town of Top Lancaster County when second called into service - the third Town I resided in Mifflin County assisted the fourth fifth and sixth Towns I also resided in Mifflin County Penn a - After the Revolutionary War I resided in Mifflin County a few years then from thence I removed to this place viz Huntingdon County Franklin Township where I now reside
4 How were you called into service, were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute & if a substitute for whom —
Answer I was drafted the first and second Towns the third town I was a substitute for Samuel Milliken the fourth fourth Town I was a substitute for William Tompson the fifth Town I was a substitute for Henry M c Williams and the sixth Town I was for myself

We Jonathan McWilliams and George Davis Esquires residing in Franklin township Huntingdon County and State of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Forster who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy six years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion -
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Jonathan McWilliams
Before Jos Adams
Geo Davis
And I Joseph Adams an associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Huntingdon County do hereby affirm my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and I do further certify that Jonathan McWilliams and George Davis Esquires who has signed the proceeding certificate are both acting Justices of the Peace in and for the said County of Huntingdon and are creditable persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
Jos Adams
I David R Porter Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Huntingdon County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Joseph Adams Esquire and of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Huntingdon in the matter of the application of John Forster for a pension taken at the dwelling house of the said applicant -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twentieth - Six  fifteenth day of February A D one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three
D R Porter Proh J

5 th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the Troops where you served such continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the General circumstances of your Service Answer I recollect Captain Scott General Irvine Colonel Rogers & General Potter and Colonel Bull I cannot now recollect the Regiments I suffered severely from the wound in my thigh and the greater part of my Service was very fatiguing and unusually severe
6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it
Answer I got no discharge for the Service I done for Myself I got a discharge from Col Bull for the Town I served for Samuel Milliken - I got a discharge from Captain Adams for the Town I served for William Thompson - which I give to Milliken and Thompson when I returned home I got no discharge for the Town I served for Henry McWilliams I lived with him at that time
7 State the names of Persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution
Answer There is no Clergyman residing in my neighbourhood now but Jonathan McWilliams and George Davis Esqrs are well acquainted with me sworn and subscribed the 15 th day of February 1833 John Scott Before Jos Adams

And I Joseph Adams Judge of the Court of common pleas in and for the County of Huntingdon Do Hereby certify that I did attend at the dwelling of John Foster the foregoing Applicant in Franklin Township on the day above stated for hearing the del- -aration and examination of the said Ap- -licant - and I also certify that the Appl- -icant cannot from age and Bodily inf- -irmity attend the Court
Jos Adams
State of Pennsylvania
Huntingdon County ss
I David R. Porter Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County. Do Certify that Joseph Adams, Esquire, before whom the foregoing proceedings were had, is one of the Judges of the said Court of Common Pleas, duly commissioned and qualified, and acting as such, and that the Signature "Jos Adams" annexed is his genuine signature. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the said Court, at Huntingdon the 26 th day of February A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty three
D. R. Porter Proth

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John Foster
Huntington county Pennsylvania
Admitted
12 mos prison 40.-
2 " Largent 10.-
$50.-
D. N. Porter, Roth Huntington Penn

BRIEF in the case of  John Foster,  of Huntingdon Co. in the State of Pennsylvania  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Judge  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? yes  3. How old is he? 76  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Date Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years. Months. Days.     Drafted In 1776 3 private Capt. Scott, Gen. Irvine.   1777 2 indulged Capt. McKee   substitute for Samuel Millikin 1777 or 1778 2 private Capt. Marshall, Col. Bull   substitute for Wm. Thompson 1778 or 1779 2 Capt. Adams   substitute for Henry Williams 1779 2 Capt. Caldwell   Drafted 1779 3  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Long Island, Chestnut Hill, (applicant wounded)  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Leicester, Pennsylvania Mifflin county, Penn.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? tradition  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? correct 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
R. Bradner  Examining Clerk.

June 13, 1933
RA-J/MOS XXXXXXXXXXXX John Foster aw S. 23637
Henry C. Morrow 109 Hill Street Oil City Pennsylvania
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the record of John Foster, a soldier of the Revolution.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 23637, based upon the military service of John Foster.
He was born in 1756 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
While a resident of Donegal Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted August 1, 1776, served three months as private in Captain Abraham Scott's Pennsylvania Company and was in the battle of Long Island. While residing at the Round Top, near Middletown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted and served two months as orderly sergeant in Captain McKee's Pennsylvania Company. While residing in Armagh, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted in the fall of 1777, served two months as private in Captain Marshall's Company under Colonel Bull in the Pennsylvania troops and was in the battle of Chestnut Hill where he was wounded in the left thigh by a musket ball. He enlisted in the summer of 1778 or 1779 and served two months in Captain James Adams' Company and in a short time enlisted again and served two months under Lieutenant Mills in the Pennsylvania Troops. He enlisted in 1779 and served three months in Captain Caldwell's Pennsylvania Company. He subsequently served on frequent tours as scout and Indian Spy, length of tours not stated.
After the Revolution he lived in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania a few years when he moved to Franklin Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.

He was allowed pension on his application executed February 15, 1833, while living in Franklin Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.
On that date he referred to his stepfather as having moved to Virginia many years before but he did not give his name. There are no further data on file in said pension claim relative to the family of the soldier.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

mmnt
April 3, 1925
Jean Rowland 16 North Main St., London, Ohio.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 23637 it appears that John Foster was born in 1756 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
While a resident of Donegal Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania he enlisted August 1, 1776, served three months as a private in Captain Abraham Scott's Pennsylvania Company and was at the battle of Long Island.
While residing at the Round Top, near Middletown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania he enlisted and served two months as Orderly Sergeant in Captain McKee's Pennsylvania Company.
While residing in Armagh Township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania he enlisted in the fall of 1777, served two months as a private in Captain Marshall's Company under

Colonel Bull in the Pennsylvania Troops and was in the battle of Chestnut Hill where he was wounded in the left thigh by a musket ball.
He enlisted in the summer of 1778 or 1779 and served two months in Captain James Adams' Company and in a short time enlisted again and served two months under Lieutenant Mills in the Pennsylvania Troops.
He enlisted in 1779 and served three months in Captain Caldwell's Pennsylvania Company, and served subsequently in frequent tours as scout and Indian Spy, length of tours not stated.
He was allowed pension on his application executed February 15, 1833 while living in Franklin Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. On said date he referred to his step father who went to Virginia many years ago. - There is no further data on file as to his family.
The above named soldier is the only John Foster of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
Dates of death not on file
Acting Commissioner.

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
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Commissioner of Pensions Department of Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:
As soon as it is possibly convenient, please send me a copy of the pension record of John Foster who served in the Revolutionary War and who was pensioned in Huntingdon County, May 11, 1833, he having been a member of the Pennsylvania Militia.
Thankfully yours,
Nancy C. Morrow
109 Hill St. Oil City, Pa.
May 7, 1932

THIRTY-SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS MEMORIAL CONTINENTAL HALL WASHINGTON, D.C.
London, Ohio Feb 15. 1925
The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir,
Will you please send me the Rev. record of my Ancestor, JOHN FOSTER, who lived in Lancaster County, Pa. Strasburg Tp. His wife was Elizabeth Ferree. Please include all family data which may be given in his application.
Sincerely yours,
Miss Jean Rowland
Jean Rowland 16 North Main St London, Ohio

Resolution
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1925-Apt. 3-Visit to Miss Jean Cawland - MMFF - 1932 June 13. Visit to Nancy C. Morrow U.C.B.
File No. 23,637
John Foster Rev Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1791
Index: - Vol. 2 , Page 140
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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